The newly appointed head of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group that promotes development of the digital currency, believes crowdfunding is one part of the solution for its troubled finances.

A one-time Morgan Stanley stockbroker, investment advisor Bruce Fenton was appointed executive director based on a vote of five ayes to one abstention by the group’s board of directors, the foundation wrote on its blog. He replaces Patrick Murck, who was interim executive director.

“I’m confident that we can run a lean and effective foundation and run at a budget surplus by using our resources carefully,” Fenton said via email, adding he has not had a chance to review the foundation’s assets in detail yet.

“I’d also like to see us use more decentralized tools like crowdfunding,” Fenton said. Crowdfunding can be a creative way for members to support the projects they care about, he added.

He also stressed the need for feedback and engagement from corporate and individual members of the foundation.

Fenton, founder of investment firm Atlantic Financial in Massachusetts, worked at Morgan Stanley in the 1990s, specializing in emerging technologies. He is a member of the Bitcoin Association, another bitcoin promotion group, and has organized the Dubai Bitcoin Conference and advised bitcoin startups.